jdhmnovel Chapter 422 The Pain of Losing a Child
Chapter 422 The Pain of Losing a Child
"The armor you are wearing was stolen, wasn't it?" she said. "You are kidnappers, aren't you? Yes! It must be so! You want to kidnap my daughter and make her a maid for those bad guys!"
She stared into the soldier's eyes, hoping to get a positive answer from him.
But the soldier still did not speak. He did not know what to say.
The woman approached him suddenly, looked around and whispered, "Don't worry, as long as you return my daughter to me, I will never expose you."
The soldier swallowed his saliva, his lips trembling slightly, "Your daughter... has been dead for several days, she must be buried. Find a place, we will help you dig a hole... and bury the child."
"Snapped--"
A loud slap hit the soldier's face, leaving a red mark.
The woman's eyes were red, and her voice was no longer shrill, but trembling: "Curse my daughter again and see what happens! Don't think I won't fight you to the death!"
The soldier received a slap in the face, but he still held on to the child's body.
A tear streak slid down the red mark on his face, "Madam...I feel sorry for you."
“Ah——” The woman covered her ears and began to scream, “Ah——Stop talking, don’t talk anymore! I will kill you, I will kill you! Give the child back to me, give her back to me! No one can take her away from me!”
She knew that she looked like a mad person.
But how could her daughter, her daughter who was missing two front teeth and whose teeth would leak when she called her mother, die?
She just replaced her front teeth a month ago!
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Yes! The tooth is still on the roof!
A glimmer of hope flashed in the woman's eyes. She found a wooden ladder and began to climb onto the roof.
She murmured, "If I find the tooth, you will believe that my daughter is not dead, right? Just wait, I will find it and show you the tooth that my daughter just replaced a while ago!"
"Miss-"
A man stumbled from outside the house to the bottom of the wooden stairs, "Madam! Madam! Don't scare me, come down quickly!"
He was afraid that the wooden ladder would slip, so he threw himself on it and pressed it down tightly.
"Husband!"
When the woman saw him, she seemed to see hope, "Husband, these kidnappers insisted that our Ah Yu was dead! Come up quickly, come up and help me find the teeth!"
"My dear..." The man burst into tears, "My dear, please come down first. I will find Ah Yu's tooth."
"Okay, okay, I'll come down now, now."
The woman received his affirmative answer and a pale smile appeared on her face.
She quickly climbed down the ladder, but her hands and legs were shaking uncontrollably. She lost her strength and fell directly off the ladder.
"what--"
"Miss-"
When Yu Jiusi stepped forward, the woman had already fainted.
He suppressed the grief in his heart, probed the tip of her nose, and then reached out to feel behind her head. He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the woman's condition.
"She's been too tired lately, take her back to her room and let her rest."
The man glanced at him and obediently carried the woman back.
"General..." The soldier came forward holding the dead child in his arms, "This child..."
Yu Jiusi was also a little at a loss.
It was obvious that the child had been dead for several days. He looked very ugly and had a foul smell.
Logically speaking, he should be buried immediately, but...
He didn't know how to face a heartbroken mother. How much self-blame did she have for holding on to her dead child?
Yu Jiusi didn’t dare to think about it.
He swallowed, slightly easing the burning sensation in his throat. "Let's wait until the child's father comes out. Everyone else, check every household one by one. If you come across a body in a bad condition, be sure to inform the family and have the deceased buried as soon as possible."
The current Jimu Village cannot withstand any more twists and turns and turmoil.
......
Tongan County.
Shen Zheng was listening to Wu Quan's report on the progress of road construction over the past two days.
The road from Xiahe Village to Limestone Mountain was officially started yesterday. It is not quite right to say that it is road construction, in fact, it is more appropriate to call this action "road opening".
It was the slack season in the village, and almost all the men, women, young and old from Xiahe Village went out to work, some carrying baskets, some holding hoes, and walking quickly.
As they passed in front of Shen Zheng one by one, they did so in all kinds of ways.
Some people covered their faces with pieces of cloth, some put backpacks on their heads and walked blindly, and some even performed one "stealing the bell while covering their ears" after another in front of Shen Zheng.
——First send someone to chat with Shen Zheng and block her sight, and then the rest of the people find the right time, and while Shen Zheng is not paying attention, they quickly retreat into the path and join the army that is clearing the way.
If you ask them why they do this?
——They really didn't want to take another penny from the county government, so they had to find ways to hide their faces to prevent Lord Shen from taking note of their appearances and "rewarding them according to their merits" in the future.
Tong'an County is everyone's Tong'an County, and the roads that are built are also for the county.
In the past, they lived in poverty, and wages were their hope of survival and filling their stomachs, so they had to accept those strings of copper coins.
But! Things are different now!
Now! It’s time for them to repay Lord Shen!
Shen Zheng had her back to them, listening to the rustling footsteps behind her, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
Wu Quan also temporarily forgot about his troubles because of the wonderful atmosphere at that time.
His face was filled with gratitude, "Sir, you can give me such an opportunity. I am really..."
Shen Zheng smiled and said, "You have good construction skills, and this opportunity is what you deserve. Once you learn the manufacturing process of cement mortar, you will be useful in many places in the county in the future."
In her vision, all the streets and alleys in Tongan County will be rammed with cement in the future!
By then, who would dare to say that the streets in her Tongan County were dilapidated?
Wu Quan was so excited that he rubbed his hands repeatedly. "It is my honor to work for the county! It's just... it's just that I have to trouble Sir Liang in the county government these days."
Shen Zheng raised her head and walked towards the river bank, saying as she walked: "The cloth shop has not yet been built. Lord Liang originally wanted to watch the county government office be renovated, so it will only take a few days."
She looked at Wu Quan and chuckled, "You should train a few young foremen under you. Whether it's building a dock or paving the ground, let them watch and learn. Don't just bury their heads in hard labor. Let those who are willing to learn go ahead and learn. The more they learn, the better."
Wu Quan followed her and took her words seriously to heart.
"I'll keep an eye on them for the next few days. If there are suitable talents, I'll recruit them into the team and we'll work together for the county in the future!"
After Wu Quan said this, he suddenly fell silent.
There was one thing he had kept secret from the adults for a few days, and he felt really uneasy about it.
Can......
Adults are already so busy, and that matter is just their family affair. Do you really want to tell them about it and bother them?